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Gender Contestations and the Implications for Inclusive Societies (2024)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2024). Gender Contestations and the Implications for Inclusive Societies. African Journal of sustainable Development, 14(1), 47-59

This paper examines contemporary debates on gender and the state in Africa as a contribution to debates that will inform the United Nations (UN) Summit of the Future in September 2024. Specifically, this paper focuses on two intersecting questions. T... Read More about Gender Contestations and the Implications for Inclusive Societies.

Chinese Funded Projects and Open Governance in Kenya (2022)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2022). Chinese Funded Projects and Open Governance in Kenya. The journal of leadership and developing societies, 6(1), 1-5. https://doi.org/10.47697/lds.35350022

This article examines how Kenyan civil society uses open governance to call for government accountability around debt acquisition from China. Through two case studies, I illustrate how strategic litigation has become a framework through which civil s... Read More about Chinese Funded Projects and Open Governance in Kenya.

Governing Gender: Violent Extremism in Northern Nigeria (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2021). Governing Gender: Violent Extremism in Northern Nigeria. Africa development, 46(3), 1-19

This article draws on a qualitative study piloted in Maiduguri, Northern Nigeria, to unpack the gender logics that shape why women join Boko Haram, their roles, how they are perceived by their communities on their return and how these dynamics inform... Read More about Governing Gender: Violent Extremism in Northern Nigeria.

Movement Building Responses to COVID-19: Lessons from the JASS Mobilisation Fund (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A., Essof, S., & Carlsen, L. (2022). Movement Building Responses to COVID-19: Lessons from the JASS Mobilisation Fund. Economia Politica, 39(1), 249-269. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40888-021-00241-9

This article draws on the work of Just Associates (JASS), a feminist movement support organisation that strengthens the leadership and organising capacity of community-based women networks in Southern Africa, Southeast Asia, and Mesoamerica, to trans... Read More about Movement Building Responses to COVID-19: Lessons from the JASS Mobilisation Fund.

Feminist Digital Counterpublics: Challenging Femicide in Kenya and South Africa (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2021). Feminist Digital Counterpublics: Challenging Femicide in Kenya and South Africa. Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 46(4), 1013-1033. https://doi.org/10.1086/713299

What happens when misogyny leads to increasing murders of women, whose lives are considered not worthy because their respectability is under attack? What do feminists do in a global moment when antifeminist backlash emerges with fervor in politics, p... Read More about Feminist Digital Counterpublics: Challenging Femicide in Kenya and South Africa.

COVID-19 responses and human rights in selected African countries (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A., Mwambari, D., & Olonisakin, '. (2021). COVID-19 responses and human rights in selected African countries. Australian Journal of Human Rights, 26(3), 549-555. https://doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2020.1813381

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the need for states to strike a delicate balance between implementing measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, and respecting the rights and dignity of the populace. Human rights organisations warned that COVID-19... Read More about COVID-19 responses and human rights in selected African countries.

Global movement for Black lives: A conversation between Awino Okech and Shereen Essof (2021)
Journal Article
Okech, A., & Essof, S. (2023). Global movement for Black lives: A conversation between Awino Okech and Shereen Essof. European Journal of Women's Studies, 30(1 supplt), 34S-42S. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350506820978903

This conversation reflects on the importance of transnational Black solidarity in a global moment where the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed structural inequalities that sustain Black death and the global movement for Black lives has focussed attention... Read More about Global movement for Black lives: A conversation between Awino Okech and Shereen Essof.

African Feminist Epistemic Communities and Decoloniality (2020)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2020). African Feminist Epistemic Communities and Decoloniality. Critical African Studies, 12(3), 313-329. https://doi.org/10.1080/21681392.2020.1810086

Decolonization as a pathway to transforming higher education institutions in the United Kingdom has led to quick fixes such as ‘diversity’ hires and reviewing syllabi thus sidestepping the fundamental structural deficits that demand these efforts. Th... Read More about African Feminist Epistemic Communities and Decoloniality.

Building Transnational Feminist Alliances: reflections on the post 2015 development agenda (2019)
Journal Article
Okech, A., & Musindarwezo, D. (2019). Building Transnational Feminist Alliances: reflections on the post 2015 development agenda. Contexto internacional, 41(2), 255-272. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0102-8529.2019410200002

This article reflects on transnational feminist organising by drawing on the experiences of the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) during the consultations leading up to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. First,... Read More about Building Transnational Feminist Alliances: reflections on the post 2015 development agenda.

Gender and state-building conversations: the discursive production of gender identity in Kenya and Rwanda (2019)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2019). Gender and state-building conversations: the discursive production of gender identity in Kenya and Rwanda. Conflict, Security & Development, 21(4), 501-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/14678802.2019.1609762

This article advances the conceptualisation of conversations on state-building by examining gendered discourses. By focusing on specific historical moments in Rwanda and Kenya, this article analyses how ‘respectable femininities’ and ‘wayward sexuali... Read More about Gender and state-building conversations: the discursive production of gender identity in Kenya and Rwanda.

Boundary anxieties and infrastructures of violence: Somali identity in post-Westgate Kenya (2018)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2018). Boundary anxieties and infrastructures of violence: Somali identity in post-Westgate Kenya. Third world thematics, 3(2), 293-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/23802014.2018.1502048

This article explores infrastructures of violence created by ongoing contestations around insecurity related to violent insurgency in Kenya. It draws on public discourses and policy responses emerging from the September 2013 terror attack at Westgate... Read More about Boundary anxieties and infrastructures of violence: Somali identity in post-Westgate Kenya.

The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security (2015)
Journal Article
Olonisakin, '., Hendricks, C., & Okech, A. The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security. African Security Review, 24(4), 376-389. https://doi.org/10.1080/10246029.2015.1090126

This article explores the convergence between three pillars of influence – feminist security studies, civil society activism and policy decision-making – and its role in the adoption and implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution (U... Read More about The convergence and divergence of three pillars of influence in gender and security.

Asymmetrical conflict and human security: Reflections from Kenya (2015)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2015). Asymmetrical conflict and human security: Reflections from Kenya. Strategic review for Southern Africa, 37(1), 53-74. https://doi.org/10.35293/srsa.v37i1.210

This paper focuses on contemporary challenges to the human security framework through an examination of asymmetrical conflict generated by extremist insurgents, specifically Al Shabaab in Kenya. The political and security dynamics generated by extrem... Read More about Asymmetrical conflict and human security: Reflections from Kenya.

Building a Grassroots Based Movement: GROOTS Kenya (2009)
Journal Article
Okech, A. (2009). Building a Grassroots Based Movement: GROOTS Kenya. Development, 52(2), 224-229. https://doi.org/10.1057/dev.2009.27

Awino Okech describes the work of GROOTS Kenya. She argues there is need for deeper problematizing of what a feminist organization is. In looking critically at whether GROOTS is a grassroots feminist organization and how it links with other women's g... Read More about Building a Grassroots Based Movement: GROOTS Kenya.